Chris Bascombe

Sports reporter @TelegraphSport

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

"Dad often said, ‘If we’d had Duncan Edwards, we'd have won World Cup four years earlier'."
Interview with sons of late, great Jimmy Armfield - Duncan & John - about the courage & sense of what might have been with England's 'forgotten' World Cup of 1962
https://t.co/YXZP8ptoZG

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

The English anthem penned by an Irishman & Scotsman. https://t.co/JXZtaCBHUf

[Jamie Carragher @Carra23]

Arsenal are a giant in English football, but a minnow on the European stage, Mikel Arteta & his players have a chance to change that for good!

https://t.co/d1DiFFqsej

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[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

🗣️ 'The previous Three Lions coaches have tried to appease big names with their World Cup squad selections, but Thomas Tuchel proves he's not afraid to ruffle feathers'

@Carra23 praises the German manager for going with energy and harmony over talent👇
https://t.co/uvCrpj7oAw

[Dominic King @DKingTelegraph]

Andy Robertson spent time this week talking about the adventure of a lifetime… he also took great care talking about the things that really matter.
✍🏻 A poignant audience with a departing hero

https://t.co/MoK9YlFPbp

[Sam Dean @SamJDean]

Arsenal are the Premier League champions. This is the story of how they did it. Brainwashing, burglars, families, cigarettes, unity, deception, standards, saunas, board games, slogans, boats, paranoia, grass lengths, body language and more. Long read:

https://t.co/bkec4xvMjT

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

@AnthonyTeasdale Mentioned in piece, Anthony 👍 Hopefully not long before someone makes a breakthrough into the international side.

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

The ongoing mission to get a Scouser in the England Test cricket team for the first time since 1948. 
https://t.co/2SckXFVUT3

[Marine Football Club @MarineAFC]

🤝 Marine Football Club is proud to announce that Jamie Carragher, @Carra23, will be supporting the club in an advisory capacity.

Read more at https://t.co/75tZdvwZ7b

#WeAreMarine

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

@WillieMiller60 A good point echoed by a Huyton-based, ex Lancashire player in the piece, Willie!

[Liverpool City Region @LpoolCityRegion]

It was a transfer that shook the footballing world: England captain #KevinKeegan leaves European Champions Liverpool FC for Hamburg SV.

It was 1977. And the move set a then record transfer fee.

However, Keegan and #LiverpoolFC continued to be successful.

Kevin became a club icon for a second time, helping HSV win the 1978–79 Bundesliga title, and reached the 1980 European Cup final. He also won the Ballon d'Or twice in 1978 and 1979. Still the only English player to do so.

Fast forward to almost 50 years later, and "Mighty Mouse" is now the subject of a special exhibition celebrating the links between Liverpool City Region and Hamburg.

Entitled Harbour Cities: Global Stages, the free exhibition can be viewed in Hamburg City Hall until May 25th. It covers a number of themes to showcase the similarities of the two historic maritime giants, and how their ports influenced their peoples, traditions, academia and culture from music to sport.

It also features a special section on #TheBeatles with rare photographs and letters, written by the original five members whilst in Hamburg from 1960-1962, exploring the massive impact the German city had on the fledging band.

Created to celebrate the City Region’s role as the official partner of Hamburg’s annual port festival – Hafengeburtstag - it is hoped the exhibition will also go on display in Liverpool in the summer.

The exhibition opened as a Liverpool City Region business and culture delegation heads to Hamburg to strengthen economic ties with the Hanseatic city.

Find out more at: https://t.co/49EGXGbsO8

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

Despite their high-profile sales, Crystal Palace are two games from a European trophy. Makes you wonder why their manager is so keen to leave. https://t.co/jpxMfF1tVZ

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“I was on a rowing boat in India getting a tour from a 70-year-old local bloke & he said he loved the goal v Utd. I asked him, ‘Which one?’” 😂
https://t.co/KUA4Q9Il4P

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@Aplodge 😂😂😂

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

For those of a certain age, this is what it was like watching Brazil v Italy in the 1982 World Cup.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Channel 4 News speaks to actor Mark Gatiss who is starring in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, a German satire on the rise of Hitler.

We asked him about why this play feels so timely.

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

It’s a sensitive topic for obvious reasons, but after a spate of recent incidents the question must be asked: is enough being done by football, & elite sport generally, to caution its stars about risks of driving superfast, luxury, high-performance cars?
https://t.co/SKrawVljHH

[Jamie Carragher @Carra23]

Column on the title decider at the Etihad!

If Man City win I don’t see how Arsenal recover mentally.

Arsenal win the title is theirs.

Draw & Arsenal will crawl over the line!

https://t.co/CZTPqsbt7E

[Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe]

This week’s Champions League was a stark reminder of how crap the overall quality of this season’s Premier League has been.
https://t.co/FBG8yqboWJ